Race to be fit...ish!

Time to play a little catch-up on my running over the past couple of weeks. In summary it has not gone well. I have been struggling with injury the whole time and it has now developed into what I would categorise as a Grade 1 hamstring strain. I tried running through it over the past week but even though the runs were short and mostly easy I feel I need to give it the remainder of time til Sunday to give it any hope of being runnable. I can just about feel it when walking but any time I’ve to mount a curb or go upstairs I can feel it pulling. So, my plan is to do nothing between now and Saturday, before going for a short jog to test it out and see how it is feeling on Sat evening. If it’s anyways runnable I will aim for the 3:15 pace group and see how it behaves. I would be willing to take a 3:19:59 at this stage but am still going to try and give myself the best chance possible on the day. Frustrating to say the least that such an excellent phase of training has finished off like this!

Monday, 7th April 2014 – Rest Day

Tuesday, 8th April 2014 – Rest Day

Wednesday, 9th April 2014 – 7.4km Distance (5:46/km)

Thursday, 10th April 2014 – 9.0km 7km @ MP (4:29/km)

Friday, 11th April 2014 – 2.0km Aborted Run

Saturday, 12th April 2014 – 11.9km Distance (4:59/km)

Sunday, 13th April 2014 – Rest Day

Week 12 Summary:

RTW: 4 from 7 days

DTW: 30.3km

DTY: 1,367.5km

Monday, 14th April 2014 – 11.9km Distance (5:06/km)

Tuesday, 15th April 2014 – Rest Day

Wednesday, 16th April 2014 – 6.2km Distance (5:52/km)

Thursday, 17th April 2014 – 3.8km Distance (5:26/km)

Friday, 18th April 2014 – 10.4km Distance with 3 x 1km @ MP (5:02/km)

Saturday, 19th April 2014 – 5.7km Malahide Parkrun (5:16/km)

Sunday, 20th April 2014 – Rest Day

Week 13 Summary:

RTW: 5 from 7 days

DTW: 37.9km

DTY: 1,405.4km